I'm not sure if anyone here can help. I saw some discussions on tramadol withdrawal on this site but it was from about 6 months ago so i'm just praying someone is still on who can help. Here is my story,
I began taking tramadol about 5 months ago for chronic pelvic pain. I had told my doctor i had some trouble becoming dependant on Vicodin in the past so instead she prescribed Tramadol saying that i would not become addicted if i follow the appropriate dosage. Well that didn't work because eventrually it made me feel so good and happy i took it for recreational purposes. I blew through all 90 pills in 7 days. I was taking up to 500mg a day but then they wouldn't refil my prescription for three more weeks so i would withdraw and then get right back on the tramadol once my prescription was up. This time, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK. I stopped cold turkey Wednesday night at 9:30pm after taking my last 200mg and now it is Friday morning. I have some minor restless legs but i have NO ENERGY and i feel like LIFE TRULY SUCKS. I know that working out will help and eating might help and getting some excercise but get this, i actually came to my office job today. I figure that rather than call in i'll try to push through the last work day of the week. My 5 year old son comes home on Sunday afternoon so i want to do all that i can today and Saturday to at least get back to the point where i can care for him. Any suggestions on how to get out of this slump in the next two days would be grately appreciated. Nobody knows about this, not even my boyfriend. I'm just so afraid of being judged. I feel like anyone i tell will judge me and i feel like my boyfriend will run the other way if i tell him so i HAVE to do this alone. PLEASE HELP!
IT'S HARD, I KNOW. ACHES & PAINS ARE 1 THING, BIT THE EMOTIONAL ANXIETY & DEPRESSION MAKES IT 10 TIMES WORSE. I BELIEVE ONE NEEDS THE BENIFIT OF AN ANTIDEPRESSANT BEFORE COMING OFF THEM. I KNOW KRATOM IS HELPFUL FOR COMING OFF ANY OPIATE. OTHER THAN THAT, HOT BATHS & VITAMINS TO HELP WITH THE RLS CAN HELP. COMING OFF OPIATES CAUSES THE BODY TO FLUSH OUT FLUIDS & MINERALS WHICH LEADS TO THE RLS. KRATOM CAN BE TAKEN IN CAPSULE FORM OR MADE INTO A TEA. IT WILL RELIEVE YOUR SYMPTOMS. BEST TO COME OFF TRAMADOL WITH A SLOW TAPER & MAYBE FINDING A LOVED ONE TO HELP YOU MANAGE IT. IT CAN BE DONE WITH EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. YOURE NOT ALONE ;-)
My honest advice is do not go cold turkey. I would gradually lower your dose over a period of weeks. Cold turkey coming off tramal is awful. Sorry I can't be more positive, but that is my honest advice. Good luck.
Could you go back to your gp and explain the situation? Then maybe they would issue you with some for weaning you off. Alternatively, I have heard some people have been able to obtain a few from accident and emergency.
I'm so sorry to hear you are having to do this on your own and my heart goes out to you. If you have a chance please read my post from a while back on quitting this drug cold turkey. The amazing comments from fellow members of this forum helped me get through though this awful time. I suffered terrible side effects and mood swings but they did eventually subside and I found I was in control of my emotions once again. I'm now a couple of months down the road and actually have a light heart and a smile on my face and all tramadol free. Good luck my friend. You will feel better I promise x
Omg you don't know how much you reply has helped. It's especially hard when you don't have anyone here to help you through this so reading your comment made me feel like there was someone out there who understands and is behind me and that truly makes it a little better. I will definitely go back and look at your post. Thank you so much.
Yeah, if you are likely to do that then cold turkey is the only option. When I weaned myself off them I REALLY hated what they were doing to me and the second I realised I was addicted I just HAD to get free, so taking more was not an option for me. I still have a large pack of them somewhere and I would never touch them again. But the good thing about tramadol cold turkey is it doesn't last as long as many other drugs. I think the worse is over in around 3 days, then it's onwards and upwards. Good luck!
I'm pleased if it has helped. I remember writing on here thinking I was a complete and utter freak and really expected everyone to tell me how stupid I was. It was quite the opposite and I was overwhelmed with the support and advice I was given and it made me realise I was not alone. This site really was my lifeline for a while.
I take Tramadol 200mg a day, for spinal, neck, and shoulder pain, I used to be on 150mg a day, but my doctor increased them due to pain I am constantly in. So, she changed them to 100mg twice a day, but the slow release type.
Are you still in pain with chronic pelvic pain? There are other medications that should be used instead of removing Tramadol abruptly, I was tried on one but it caused problems with my IBS, so I was left on Tramadol.
Or I was thinking you go to pain clinic they will reffer you to hospital for the cold turkey so you don't have to be on your own nurses going to be there to help you out or if you hire a nurse in your house for a week she can help you too
do you have access to any triptans, migraine pills. they help some. i have been on 200 mg a day for 4 years but its not enuff for my pain so i end up taking 5 some days and when i run a day or so short the symptoms are always bad.
even if you went to e.r. and had excuse they would pee test you and see you have too much in pee. i also drink emergencies to help with vitamin c and b's it helps with fatigue. and you can take a small dose of a cold remedy.
My biggest advice tho is please give your next bottle to bf to hold and give you days amount each day. when i first got mine i too would take more cos i finally had something that made me feel better but the withdrawal is worse than hydro's.
I actually do NOT plan to pick up another bottle of those. I just don't trust that I won't abuse them. Also, you said the tramadol would still show up in my urine? I've been off since Wednesday night which makes today Day 3. I was hoping it was all out of my system by now and that I was just fighting to get back to normal?
I would love to do that but I don't have the flexibility. My son will be home tomorrow afternoon. I will say that I got 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night. I was hoping that meant I was coming out on the other side now? I am officially 58 hrs cold turkey so this is my third day. I'm hoping that by the time my son returns tomorrow I will be at least well enough to not cry all day or feel depressed all day. Also is there anything you can sugget for restoring energy?
I started with the max dose of 8 a day 50mg on top of Amitriptyline 30mg every night that was 5 months ago now im only on 2 a day had to go too 40 mg of Amitriplyine was not sleeping at all its not easy cutting the dose i was feeling awful everyday no energy at all